Finally some finishes

Hey all.  I hope you have had weather similar to ours.  It has been in the upper 70's to mid 80's.  Great weather to open the windows in the sewing room and let the air flow through.

I actually had a couple of finishes this week.

This is the first time I have ever participated in the Hands to Help hosted by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  I have this small finish for Jack's Basket.

I hope to have one or two more finished to send, but I am only a week away from my trip to Washington DC with my granddaughters 5th grade class.  I went with my grandson 6 years ago.  That trip was cut short.  It happened to be the week of the Boston Marathon bomb.  I'm looking forward to seeing the things we missed on that trip.

I also finished block 5 of the Threadology BOM by Jolly Jabber.

So the progress of the FIVE BoMs look like this:

From the left is the Mystery Let's Sew Along with Slice of Pi, then Threadology by Jolly Jabber, in the middle at the bottom is a Merry Meets Modern by Lavender Lime (this is a quilt along with a coworker), then Clementine by Jolly Jabber and finally Build a Quilt with Quilting is My Therapy.

The Threadology blocks each have four 6 inch blocks to match and the Clementine blocks each have a 20 inch block to match.  Both of these are made entirely with scraps.

The Clementine blocks all have the seams pressed open.  NOT FUN!  But, after reading every post by Mari I realized I didn't have to make all of them.  Thanks Mari.  Here are the results.

I have a Mini Clem and I'm really liking it.  It finished at 52 x 72.  I will add it to the stack to be quilted.  See the error design change in the large block in the middle?  I posted about this when Bernie from Needle and Foot wanted us to own our imperfections.  I chose not to correct it.

Okay, headed to the grocery store.  Wishing you more quilting time than I will have.

Rose

What to do with them?

I just found these while trying to organize and rid myself of plastic tubs.  That's a lie!  I need to organize and rid myself of plastic tubs, but I was actually trying to find (in those tubs) some labels that I KNOW I have.

There are 13 of them and they're about 15 inches, not real square but that could be corrected.  The scraps are all attached to a larger piece of fabric, possibly an old sheet.  They were made by my mom with a little help from me when I was a child. 
I remember having clothes made with some of the fabrics.  I had a skirt made with the brown and a dress made with the red.  The dress was for a school picture when I was in 1st grade, I think.

She started stitching around them, but didn't get very far.  I wonder if she planned to put a back on them.

I have no clue what to do with them.  Maybe I'll just sew them all together, well, 12 of them.  Any ideas?

I never did find those labels.  I have one of the H2H quilts ready to bind for Jack's Basket.

That's it for now.  Wishing you more sewing time than I will have.

Rose

Scraps and Precuts

Sometimes I buy precuts just because I like them.  No real plan in mind.  Sometimes there is no plan for a while (years).

When I gave up my sewing room I only kept my precuts, the fabric that I had a plan for and a small tub of scraps.   

After getting the new sewing room ready I sorted the scraps by color.  I never used them, just collected more.  When I had a quilt I wanted to make I bought just the fabric for that project.  That was before I found Bonnie.  She uses scraps and she sorts them by size.  So I rearranged my scraps and sorted by size.

When I decided to join, not one but four, QAL/BOMs this year I tried not buying any new fabric.  I can do this using scraps like Bonnie does.  I have done most of the blocks so far with the scraps but I did cut into a couple of the fat quarter bundles and even a jellyroll for H2H.

This came from one of the fat quarter bundles.  It may be about time to put it to use. Ya think?

Several of the corners in these blocks are made with these pieces.

This is Block 3 from Clementine from Jolly Jabber.  It was the 2018 QAL.  Have I mentioned that I don't like pressing seams open?  But it's so necessary in these blocks.

Then I found Mari.  She uses scraps too and she sorts by color.  Did I also mention that I don't like digging through multiple tubs trying to find fabric because it's in several different sizes.This weekend I am planning to recruit Lump to help me rearrange the scraps back to colors.  

I have enjoyed both Bonnie and Mari's blogs.  You should check them out.

Wishing you more sewing time than I will have.

Rose

Again?

I can't believe I did it again!!!

Churn dash gone wrong

This time I had to make amends with my ripper. 

I have been trying to squeeze in a few minutes of sewing during the week.  I usually get home from work at 4:30 and start supper at 6:00.  That gives me about an hour and a half to sew at least a few seams.  Yesterday I got in my car at work and was thinking of getting home to sew a little.  Less than half way home the traffic stopped.  A wreck caused the interstate to be closed.  I didn't get home until it was time to start supper.  So tonight when I got home I had my chance.  And this is what I did.  HaHa.

More fodder for Needle and Foot.  

Wishing you more quilting time than I will have this week.

Rose

Blooper or Blunder?

I'm reposting this picture because Bernie at Needle and Foot is asking quilters own our imperfections.  By sharing our bloops and blunders we may be able to help new quilters to realize we weren't born great quilters.  I don't consider myself a great quilter anyway.  

But here's my latest blunder.

This is Block 2 from the Clementine QAL with Jolly Jabber.  The green and I didn't get along.  Two of the corners in the small green block are wrong side up and the large block is, well, obvious.  

I sent a text with the picture of it to a coworker (she's slightly ocd).  Her response back to me was WHY!?!  I told her because I wasn't paying attention. 

We had a great laugh.  She thought it was a new quilting style.  LOL!

My ripper and I don't get along either so I am leaving it as is.

Wishing you a week with more quilting time than I will have.

Rose